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BBG Watch Commentary Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) Deputy Director Jeff Trimble listening to a Gallup expert saying that Russia is winning information war in former Soviet states and that some BBG programs may even have…Read more

For a different perspective on the glowing BBG FY 2017 Budget request document SEE Photo: Gallup Research – IBB Deputy Director Jeff Trimble listens to Gallup researcher who says that BBG programs in the former Soviet republics may have a…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary With IBB Deputy Director Jeff Trimble, Broadcasting Board of Governors’ longtime executive providing strategic editorial guidance, sitting under a large slide showing that “Most Residents of the former Soviet Union Who Use Western and Russian…Read more

BBG WATCH EXCLUSIVE BBG Watch has received from a source within the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) a new secretly written document designed to serve as a series of briefing memos for BBG’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He is…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary We have come across an excellent and sophisticated analysis of Putin’s Russia in an op-ed in The Washington Post by Christopher Walker and Robert Orttung. The article analyzed the meaning of public opinion poll results in Russia….Read more

BBG Watch Commentary U.S. taxpayer-funded Voice of America (VOA) often fails to counter Russian propaganda and sometimes even promotes it due to mismanagement at senior levels. The bureaucracy in charge of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the parent agency…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Two top independent sociologists in Ukraine and Russia, as well as some American experts who have done extensive polling and analysis of polling data in Eurasia, have described a recent public opinion survey ordered and paid for…Read more

International Broadcasting Bureau – Dysfunctional and Defunct Is So Much Fun! – Information War Lost: Waste Without End By The Federalist Once again, the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) held one of its so-called “briefing sessions” regarding its survey collaboration…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) failed to send a correspondent with Vice President Biden to Central Europe, where he went to reassure NATO allies of U.S. commitment to their security after Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Voice of Russia…Read more

International Broadcasting Bureau – Vigorously Branding Dysfunctional and Defunct – Information War Lost: The Russian Front: The Crimean Offensive 2014 – Part Two By The Federalist We read the Sunday post by our BBG Watch editors regarding the lackadaisical response top Voice…Read more

International Broadcasting Bureau – Dysfunctional and Defunct (The Agency’s Branding Label): Return To The Russian Front by The Federalist “I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” – Sir Winston…Read more

Noted and reported by BBG Watch: “Due to the severe weather forecast for tomorrow, we [IBB and Gallup] are rescheduling our briefing on media use in Russia for Thursday, February 6 at 9:00 a.m. We hope you will be able…Read more

International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: New Year, Same Agency, Same Problems by The Federalist Time marches on. The new year of 2014 is upon us. For US Government…Read more

BBG Watch Commentary Voice of America (VOA) Director David Ensor said in a recent media interview that the first words from the first VOA radio broadcast in 1942 were: “The news may be good, the news may be bad, we…Read more

Commentary International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunctional and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: Bureaucrats With A Grudge by The Federalist Kim Andrew Elliott is a US federal government employee of the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) and,…Read more

International Broadcasting Bureau – The Standard for Dysfunction and Defunct in the Federal Government – Information War Lost: Strategic Collapse by The Federalist Sunday, August 4, 2013 was a day of bad news for the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) and its “strategic…Read more

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The long-range interests of the United States are served by communicating directly with the peoples of the world by radio. To be effective, the Voice of America must win the attention and respect of listeners. These principles will therefore govern Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts:

1. VOA will serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news. VOA news will be accurate, objective, and comprehensive.

2. VOA will represent America, not any single segment of American society, and will therefore present a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant American thought and institutions.

3. VOA will present the policies of the United States clearly and effectively, and will also present responsible discussions and opinion on these policies.

Gerald R. Ford

President of the United States of America

Signed July 12, 1976

Public Law 94-350

Violations of VOA Charter

In 2016, the Voice of America posted one-sided attacks on Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in violation of the VOA Charter.